noggin wrote:Is there any way I can modify the code to open the URL in a new tab or window in the popular browsers.

what code? you havent' told us what you are trying to do.

if you want all urls posted to open in a new window that would require a MOD. if you want a specific bbcode to open it's link in a new window, then you simply add the proper html code to the html replacement section.

usually it would be added to the <a tag as something like this:target="_blank"

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opening in the same window is not the "normal" way. that was changed a few years ago because the w3 decided they knew what was best for all the users. everyone had to get used to the "new" way of having links open in the same window.

just the other day, I found out how to make my scroll wheel button open links in a new window when using firefox. I knew there had to be a way so I didn't have to do all that right clicking to do it.
heck, firefox even changed the order of where the "open in new window" and "open in new tab" things were in the right click menu trying to force people to use tabs instead of windows.

blah blah blah,

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Lumpy Burgertushie wrote:
opening in the same window is not the "normal" way. that was changed a few years ago because the w3 decided they knew what was best for all the users. everyone had to get used to the "new" way of having links open in the same window.

Sorry, I meant "normal" as in "how standard (with no target attribute) HTML links work", not "how phpBB 2.x used to work". Read the Jakob Nielssen study that I linked to in my linked post.

While this is a bit off-topic, I want the OP to understand the problems of opening new links in different windows/tabs except in very rare circumstances (like displaying Privacy Policies/Terms of Service pages in a pop-up window).

Thanks very much for all your comments and suggestions.....I think I'll just leave it to the members to use the right-click/scroll button technique, working on the principle of ... 'If it's not bust don't fix it'

First, I have to say thanks for share this with us.I've been messing around with adding form tags with BBCode. Has great scorn already been heaped on this idea in a different thread that someone could point me to? I assume the security risks might be too high, even in a private forum but it would be nice to have a simpler creation method for small forms.

Wordsworth wrote:First, I have to say thanks for share this with us.I've been messing around with adding form tags with BBCode. Has great scorn already been heaped on this idea in a different thread that someone could point me to? I assume the security risks might be too high, even in a private forum but it would be nice to have a simpler creation method for small forms.

A form to do what? What are you trying to achieve?

Standard phpBB doesn't allow HTML to be added directly to a post so using BBCodes for forms would likely require separate BBCodes to be created for each form element. Also, because custom BBCodes can present problems when nested it may be necessary to create separate BBCodes for each opening and closing tag. In addition, BBCodes don't allow for optional elements within them, so every input field in each BBCode would need to be completed every time. It may be possible to create a form that way but it would be very difficult and time consuming to set up at to use.

Depending on what you are trying to achieve there a few different MODs that would likely be more useful.